An Ontario court has ruled it has jurisdiction to hear a wrongful dismissal case brought by a former director at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories, despite the worker living in Manitoba and… …
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PREMIUM Worker let go after missing first day of work has disability discrimination complaint turfed
The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario has dismissed a disability discrimination complaint against Dynamic Suspensions, finding the worker failed to provide a factual basis linking his termination to his disability.… …
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PREMIUM Moores faces human rights complaint despite late filing after technical error
The British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal has accepted a late-filed sex and family status discrimination complaint against Moores the Suit People, finding the public interest outweighs the delay caused when… …
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PREMIUM Arbitrator sides with Globe and Mail in fight over reduced commissions for sales rep who exceeded target
An arbitrator has dismissed a union grievance challenging the employer’s decision to reduce a salesperson’s commission earnings, finding the matter fell outside the scope of the collective agreement and was… …
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PREMIUM Transit worker awarded mental stress benefits after crowded COVID bus shift led to breakdown
A bus operator who stopped working after driving an overcrowded bus through COVID-19 hot spots during the pandemic’s third wave has been granted compensation for chronic mental stress by the… …
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PREMIUM Kingston Health Sciences Centre vacation quota unduly restrictive for hospital staff: Arbitrator
An arbitrator has ruled that a hospital’s blanket policy denying vacation requests when any employee is off during a 24-hour period is unduly restrictive and violates the collective agreement’s requirement… …
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PREMIUM Tow operator denied stay of cancellation order after employee filmed fatal collision scene
A tow operator’s request to continue operating while appealing the cancellation of its certificates was denied after an employee filmed a fatal collision scene and the company later violated the… …
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PREMIUM B.C. winemaker awarded 12 months’ notice after being wrongfully dismissed by new owners
A British Columbia winery wrongfully dismissed its general manager and chief winemaker without cause, failing to prove allegations of fraud and misconduct that emerged only after the termination, the BC… …
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PREMIUM Worker who blamed federal vaccine mandate for firing loses case against Skyservice
A former Skyservice employee who claimed he thought the federal government — not his employer — had fired him over a COVID-19 vaccine mandate has lost his wrongful dismissal lawsuit… …
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PREMIUM OLRB finds Randstad retaliated against worker who filed harassment complaint
An Ontario staffing company violated occupational health and safety law when it dismissed an operations manager less than a year after she filed a workplace harassment complaint, the Ontario Labour… …


